Best rapper turned actor

Who do you think is the best rapper turned actor?


Here are the top ones in my book:

Will Smith = Obvious choice

Ice Cube = Funny as hell in the Friday series

Queen Latifah = She's great in Chicago and she was pretty good in that movie with the chicks robbin banks. Can't remember what it's called though.

DMX = Not a great actor, but fits well in action movies

Other good rapper turned actors:

Eminem
2PAC
Ice T
Snoop Dogg
Dr. Dre
Andre 3000

 

None are worthy of praise, really. In my opinion.

Well, i don't really think of WIll smith as a rapper. but i guess him.

 

Will Smith I'll give ya.

Ice Cube in Friday was hillarious, but was way overshadowed by Chris Tucker.

 

droideka, Queen Latifah isn't worthy of praise?

Didn't she get an Oscar nom?



Ice Cube did get overshadowed by Tucker in the first one. But the second and third one was all his.

 

You forgot LL Cool J.
But yeah, I'd have to go with Will Smith.


Oh and how the **** can you call eminem a good rapper?

 

Crap! I knew I forgot someone.


LL Cool J is awesome.



Queen Latifah and Will Smith are the only ones known more for acting then rapping. So I think they are the top 2.

 

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he was great in Boyz in the Hood & Three Kings, the only two movies i've seen him in.

 

Ice Cube and Queen Latifah. I don't really like any of the others.

 

You don't like Will Smith? [face_shocked]


He's the most sucessful actor out of those so far. (Money Wise)

 

I don't like Will Smith's acting or his music.

 

He was good in Fresh Prince of Bel Air.


Funniest. Sitcom. Ever.

Except for Martin. That was funnier.






And Summertime was a great song.

 

Will Smith, LL, and Latifah, can actual act. Busta rhymes is annoying but his roles call for that and hes even good. IceCube doesnt let his acting fully flourish becauce he thinks he has to hold on to that hard delivery. It works for FRIDAY but he should realize he aint no gangsta and expand if hes serious about the film business.

Will Smith in 6degrees is incredible. A true acting performance. Yet, he was never taken seriously as a rapper even though he brags of hanging with the best. I commend him from steering clear of hood-movies and being the exeption.

Oh, I almost forgot. 8MILES is the $#!t and EM performs well in a film that is really real to the real-life underground rap-scene without excluding any audience. You dont have to be in rap to appreciate the story. And the whiteboy is one of the illest MCees since, well, me.

 

I'm looking forward to seeing Will Smith in "Hitch" in two weeks.

 

ugh, that movie looks terrible.

 

I'm suprised no one has mentioned Will Smith's performance in 'Ali'. So yeah, Will Smith and Queen Latifah are the best. Cube and LL are good, but aren't as... diverse as the other two.

 

Tupac Shakur.

 

Why has no-one mentioned MC Hammer ?

The irony of his performance in The Right Connections is certainly worthy of a mention.

 

LL Cool J and Will Smith are my favorites, and actually good actors

Madine out

 

LL Cool J was the best thing about Deep Blue Sea. Odd that he hasn't really had any major roles since that one, because I think he could make a pretty good mainstream leading man.

 

Has there been a better rapper turned actor than Robert Van Winkle?

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Methinks not.

QGM

 

MC Hammer was good in Ones Mans Justice as well.

 

Eminem was great in 8 mile
Ice-T rules in SVU

i'm not a fan of LL Cool J, but how good was John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars?!?
i mean, non stop gore with really loud guitars, courtesy of the film maker himself teaming up with Anthrax!
and that main zombie bloke? priceless!

 

8 Mile was one of the best movies with a rapper as the lead that I've ever seen.



Hell, it was one of the best movies I've ever seen period.

 

Hell, it was one of the best movies I've ever seen period

Bah! White people can't rap so they shouldn't makes movies about it.
Everything Eminem raps about is ****ing bull**** anyway.

Tupac was a good actor in his few movies he did. I wouldn't say he's the best because he didn't get a chance to flourish for obvious reasons.
But in Above the Rim Tupac performs very well and plays his character perfectly.

 

White people can rap.


See Vanilla Ice.